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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
Killing Time.
Boston Courier.

The most general occupation of mankind. and one to which k given scarcely less labor and thought than to making provisions for the material wants of humanity, Is that of killing time. Immense sums of money, inral- culable stress of thought, mcnsurcle-s toiI, are banished In the cndcaVor tu bcgulle the lcisuro hours of men; io secure temporary oblivion, In word to kill time which otherwis isc would make its presence too obtruslvcly folt.
 Al the outset it may ns well bc ac- know lcdgcd that the cudeavor io ob- lilcratc time is idle. lt time were q mere matter of clocks or of arbitrary measurement, it would ehsily be pos siblc to keep ones self in n condition of cxhilaration or oblivion for the greater part of life; but unfortunately for n scheme of this sort, the intervals brief in actual measurement stretch in sensation to a lcugth which makes the balance more than good. Ii is therefore neither thc part of wisdom nor practically possible, to consciously set about my device for killing time. Ii k necessary not only to provide for the occupation of the mind, but to delude ones self into thinking that inc occupation is pursued purely for itself. Successfully To kill time is n most complicated undertaking, and that men succeed r. due chiefly tO the fact that they are bred to it from their cradlee. A man must be educated to amuscinents ifs surely ns t0 work, and of the two the education in pleasure is the more difficult.
 The most practical device yet in- vented for the slaughter of the great enemy of mankind is that of in,sgin. ing any given work t0 bc done from motives of philanthropy. Man easily enough percejycs ihe frivolity and emptiness of much work if directed merely 10 his own advantage or ad- vancenieBt which st;,' sasiHs t1 him valuable If done for the benefit of others. The sel6sbBess of nDscIiisb- i,ess has been often enough dwcIt upon, and with All Its absurd element of paradox is not without grain of truth. The consideration is not cD- livening, but after all, by the very cunning of seeming to have no such object, pessimistic discussions are after all po mean way of killing time.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

of strong young men sitting in that car, but the man whose instincts prompted him to sacrifice his own comfort for that of a younger man, and, for aught he had then discovered, rank stranger, was this great and distinguished lawyer, on his way homeward from a hard days work. Afterwards, when l came to know him better, when it was my pleasant privilege to enter that home of his, where I saw him as fond husband and doting father, in the midst of family of singular sweetness, where every act and word is one of gentleDess, I then understood how his sympathy went forth to me when he saw me that De- cember night with my precious little burden in my arms.
 And it has been, I ween, this ca- pacity for human sympathy, these touches of nature that make men feel akin, coupled with an unfaltering fealty to his friends, that have caused his courage, convictions and energy to be 30 forcefully felt upon his day and generation.
 And now a word about another mo- table Kentuckian, and then l must pass on to the consideration of an en- terprise that promises great things for the development of this good old state, that is just beginning to wake up from a lethargy lamentably long,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
Written for The .4rkdnsdW TrdUeLer.
 KENTUCKY PROGRESS.
A Great Enterprise and the Men
 Who are Managing It.
Sketches of Judge Thos. F. Hargis and James M. Fetter, Esq, of
 Louisville.
BY THOMAS P. GRAsTY.

No article on eastern Kentucky would be complete without word about ex- Chief Justice Thos. F. Har- gis, who, besides being prominently identified with the development of that wonderful region, is in many re- spects tho most remarkable man with whose history I am acquainted. h. .deed, doubt if there lives to-day an sother who has achieved such signal success in the face of such prodigious difficulties.
 Thomas Frazier Hargis first saw the light in the county of Breathitt, forty five years ago last St. Johns day. His father had little farm, kept vil- lage store and a tavern. and practiced
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law in crude sort of way, rather as a diversion than profession. Young Tom spent his boyhood doing chores and making himself generally useful, occasionally going for a couple of months to san old field school" where the chances for learning were pitifully slim. Till he was grown man he had never read but two books, Weems' Life of Washington" and Horry's Life of Marion," but these he read and re-read till he knew them almost by heart, and so by the time the war broke out, these two revolutionary books, that told how brave men and true, a century before, rebelled against King George, had made our mountain boy rebel, bone and marrow. Ac- cordingly he rushed off to the war, where his courage made him. in course of time, a captain, and after orty-six
 months of following the flag that failed, he came home to Morehead. whither his father had meantime moved, no longer a boy, but reso- lute, determined man. And yet, in the matter of book learning, he was still only a very child, for he had never seen inside an English grammar
 His father wanted him to keep coun- try store on Christy creek, away out in the hills of Rowan, but our head strong young captain had other plans. He was going to be a lawyer. His
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
THE ARKANSAW TRAvELER

honest opinion that manufacturers and capitalists, who do not at oncc go to southeastern Kentucky and secure \ safe foothold in 1t, will in a vcry flow years regret their neglect of the best opportunity letN in America for them.
 Tho Commonwealth Land and Lumber company win pay at its office at the Kentucky National Rank ar at the law office of Hargis X Eastin, in tho city of Louisville, the sum of five hundred dollars in gold for genuine specimen ot camel coal taken from a vein of thirty inches thick all over that comes within twenty per cent, of the quality of the camel coal belong ing 10 the thlyc thousand aciV tract of land owned by tho Commonwealth Land and Lumber company. Tho camel coal of this company has been sent to Europe, and in consequence of its fine quality an offer of forty to fifty cents bushel has been made for it. IL is not only the finest parlor coal. but yields the best gas that can bc oh- taincd Its quality cannot bo stated too highly, for 1t is simply superb and will bear the test of any invcsti. gation.
 The stock of the Commonwealth Land and Lumber company since It's organization has gradually grown in value, and 1t is now worth more than three times as much as 1t was year and halt ago, hctoro tho immense value of tho vast territory which the company owns was made manifest. Think ot one company owning threc hundred and nine thousand two hun dred and siNty-six acres of land, on every acre of which thorc is from oue 10 twenty three veins of iine Coal and on twenty thtoc thousand of which, almost In Il single body, thcre exists ooking and camel coal in un- limited quantities and of n quality that exccls anything of the kind hith- erto discovered In the United States Already that grat company, the North Cumberland Coke, Iron and Steel company, Is preparing to build two large furnaces in this favored rc- zion of Kentucky. What m impulse this will bc to the old state, and what n fabulous wealth 1t will produce for those who are wiso enough to invest here in time.
 The law firm oi llargis X Eastin. of the city of Louisville, represents the Commonwealth Land and Lumber company, and any information that may he wished as to this company, its property. lands, stock. otc.. will bc cheeriulIy given To alI persons who may desire any legitimate business with it, or who In good faith may wish to invest money in coking or camel coal, iron and steel and lumbar.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

drawn-out. God bless Kentucky and God bless the men who are working for her welfare.
 Colonel lanes NJ. Fetter was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and is now forty years old. He was edu- cated, first going to school at Baris- town, Ky, thence to Georgetown, D. C., and from that place he was ap- pointed cadet to West Point, where he studied until the war broke out, His education was conducted SO as to
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

have been directors from time to time together with other stockholders of the company.
 Its capital is five hundred thousAn l dollars paid up. Stock has been is- sued, paid for and is non-asscssablo. The company owns three hundred and nine thousand two hundred and sixty acres of land, covered with the finest of timber and containing largo arsas of the best coal in the United States, And the company owns one tract of
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
THE VALLEY OF SILENCE.
BY FATHER RYAN.

walk down the Valley of Silence Down the dim, voiceless valley alonei And hear not the fall of footstep Around me save Gods and nay own; And the hush of my heart Is as holy
 As houses where angels have flown. Long ago was weary of voices
 Whose music my heart could not win; Long ago was weary of noises
 That fretted my soul with their din; Long ago was weary of places
 Where met but the human and sin. I walked in the world with the worldly; I eraved what the world never gave, And said: Tn the world each ideal, That shines like star on life's wave, Is wrecked on the shores of the real, And sleeps like dream ln the grave" And still did pine for the perfect, And still found the false with the true; I sought mid the human for heaven, But caught mere glimpse of its blue; And wept when the clouds of the mortal Yelled even that glimpse from my view. And toiled, heart tired of the human, And moaned mid the mazes of men, Till knelt long ago at an altar
 And heard voice call me. Since then I walk down the Valley of Silence
 That lies far beyond mortal ken. Do you ask what I found in the valley? 'Iis my try sting place with the divine, And fell at the feet of the holy
 And above me voice said, "Pe mine.' And there rose from the depths of my spir { An echo-"My heart shall be thine." Do you ask how live in the valley? 1 weep, and dream, and pray, But my tears are as sweet as the dew drops That fall on the roses in May; And my prayer like perfume from censers Ascendeth toGod night and day. n the hush of the Valley of Sil, nee I dream all the songs that sing; And the music floats down the dim valley Till each finds d word for wing, That to hearts, like the dove of the deluge \ message of peace they may bring. But far on the deep there are pillows That never shall break on the beach, And have heard songs in the silence That never shall float into speech, And have heard dreams in the valley Too lofty for language to reach. And have seen thoughts in the valley An me! how my spirit was stirred And they wear holy veils on their faces, Their footsteps can scarcely be heard; They pass through the valley like virgins Too pure for the touch of a word Do you ask me the place of that valley, Ye hearts that are narrowed by care? It lieth afar between mountains
 And God and his angels are there; And one is the dark mount of sorrow, And one the bright mountain of prayer.
 -ETchunge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

father frowned upon what seemed scheme so visionary. The idea of a grown man who didn't know noun from pronoun, who had not dollar to his name, aspiring to learned pro- fession like the law! But the young mans head was set that way, and just as he was starting to go down into the Bluegrass to earn, as day laborer, enough to enable him to study for a term, his father compromised by offer ing him six months board, scot free, to prove the folly of his ''impractica- ble project" He first got a copy of Smiths English grammar-he had brought home from a northern prison a copy of Shakespeare-he borrowed the family bible and Fuckers Black stone. These four books he studied patiently and systematically. His visionary idea began to materialize. Within year he was a practising lawyer, and within thirteen years from the day he first learned the diff ference between a noun and pro- noun, he was chief justice of his na- tlNC StdtC. <AIti Iiiut was w AAut N&ihC of his 'impracticable project"
 Think of it, young man, you who imagine you have hard road to travel, you who make mountains out ot mole hills, who tremble at the pros pect of lion in the way, think of the self-denial, the courage, the heroism that it took ts win victory like this. The details of Judge Hargis' career, from ignorance to culture, from ob- scurity to distinction, from penury to afliuence, would make realistic story stranger than Rider Iaggard's fiction. His opinions as chief justice of Ken tucky's highest court are written in style so lucid, so vigorous, and, withal, so graceful, that any college in the land would be proud to be his dtn'd mdter, but he never had teacher in his life. His only alma mater has been his study; his only instructor, that helpful inspiration that heaven seems to lend to those who long to learn. And what do you suppose, when dropped into his study day or two ago, found this busy, success full lawyer reading? Cicero's orations- not a translation, but the unannotated Latin text. Reading Cicero in the Latin, this man who, at twenty-three, knew scarcely the "three R's" of a country school, who knew not he parts Of speech of his own mother 1 tongue!
 And what is perhaps even more re- l markable, this mountain boy is to-day one of the most polished gentlemen i'll Louisville, city where good man. ners grow in the very cradles. But Judge Hargis' politeness is thing of nature rather than of art; and right here cannot refrain from little in- cident that well proclaims the man an incident that made me almost love him on the spot. One cold night last winter I entered crowded Fourth street car, here in this self-sam Lou isville, carrying in my arms my sleep ing child, a plump little tot, who, angel as she is, was heavy thing to hold long in ones arms. Every seat was full, but had scarce entered when a gentleman. wit hout even seeing who was, as passed down the aisle, arose and, deaf to all rcmonstrances, made me take his seat. There were plenty
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

aJsfe,Diaii, dii you bring that iiunk of oieomargariDe from town with your" inquired Farmer Gashem.
 "Yes, father"
 "WelI, jiS drop 1t inter the cburn am call out the summer boarders. ."-Dos- lon Iier0M. :
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17
The Champions.

Elegant group photograph of tho Chicago Base Ball Club from recent negatives. Send 26 cts. for cabinet to Stcvens' Studio, Mcvicker's Theater, Chicago. and receive one by return mail.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-09-17

"Say femme usc your telephone a minitg" he exclaimed, as ho rushed into an office on Grlswold street.
 "Ccrtanly."
 Hello hello. Give mo 6,eoA, Ia that you, darlingy"
 "Ncs"
 "Say, pet, left my wallet on the dresser with two hundred and ilfty dollars in it. Did you find itl"
 "fes."
 Good 'Faidlfd lost on tho street lIig load on my mind. Shall bring up those shoes?"
 "Ios.'
 "lm dad hrukc, you know. but perhaps 1 can borrow five dollars nn- til after dinner, so as not to disappoint you. Goodbye, darling.'
 "Sav," he said to the man at tho desk. "pcrhaps you overheard what l said, and will lend me hve dollars"
 The occupant pointed over his shoulder to the door,
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New-York tribune., 1887-12-12
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

SPEAKER CARLISLE UNDER GREAT PREssURE-
COLONEL MILLS PROBABLY SAFE
WASHINGTON, Dec IL (SpecaD. Speaker Carlisle locks
worried He nds the task Of making mp his committees
a most trying and difficult Despite all statements
to the contrary that strsnG pressure has been
exsrted to prevent the appointment OF Colonel Mills as
chairman OF Ways and Means There Is reason to say
however that that pressure has been successfully re-
sisted and that Mills will receive the promotion TO
which he fairly entitled by precedents - well as on
account Of his long experience member Of that CON-
mittse
1T pretty we'll understood that Springer will be chair
man OF Territories which In view OF the pressure
in favor of the admission Of Dakota and Wash
ington will be a commitee OF unusual Importance. OF
csurse the Democrats depend Springer 10 carry
out any scheme which partisan ingenuity invent 10
prevent the doing Of justice to Dakota Another scheme
In which Springer b understood TO be Interested Is to
establish Territorial government in the public land
strip or "Ns Mans Land, as 1t Is called which adons
Kansas This scheme is an inspiration OF
the Oklahoma boomers, who want to make that the
nucleus of Territory, which shall include also Okla
bsma so called, besides large part OF what 10 now In
II ia said that Judge Holman would like to be chair
man Of Public Lands. but that he is unwilling " sse his
The friends of Archie Bliss think he IL entitled
place on Appropriations by virtue OF MS iong SxPc-
n IL the Speaker intends to make up
the majority OF that csmittee he does the majority
probably will have content with some other place
1t is thought that Mr. Crisp Of Georgia. may gel tne
place on Ways and Means made vacant by tho retire.
ment OF MI. Harris, Of the same state.
New-York tribune., 1887-12-12
RELUCTANT TO PAY HIS DEBTS.

WARRINGTON. Dec. IL (speeiab.-The next "reform'
explosion will probably in the Pest once Depart
ment tomorrow Judge T. Gsolrick. Of Virginia. CHIEF
Of the Inspection Division which examines the returns
of carrying the mails and ssues tho GER
tcatss o. which they paid, Is to bs be hoist 1t VIII
he unpleasant fer Gosrick He Is goodlosRn man ana
uepular He was candidate fer the Democratic nsmi-
uaisn for Congress when Rooney Lee son OF Rsoert
T. Lee obtained the nsmiaatsn. 1t seems that judge
eolrick who Is Virginia gentleman In every sense OF
that phrase was like good many Of General Atkinss
tennessee friends mpecunious when he came into ONCE
and from Investigations which have been made II also
seems that he has labored faithfully to relieve his imre
cunissty by borrs Wing right and left which he
has omitted to pay when became due One clerk In the
Departmeut IT is reported has indorsed Judge 6oef
rcks notes leaned him money TO the amount OF TooV
Aueber claim against hia is said to be Tor ~3oO tent
him by the agent mail cen tractor Dorsey Clagst
In this case turns out TO be cIeditor
s1rsw which broke the back Of the overnurdensd
camel was nste $l25 given by Judge Georick or
san obtained from woman who Is csrk ln tne ih,o no
nor Densrtnsnt Tue nsts went to pretsst aad the
Ind "a failed TO protect It, The "inhuence OF the cred
isr in ths case 10 said be Senator Harris OF Iennes
see Who hearing OF circumstance. visited the resi-
OfBce Department and demanded the prompt pay,
of the debtsr. Judge Goorick's resignation
waa demp pded, the demand being acconpsnied Win
threat IF dismissal so far known DO mas not rs
sisned and IL expected that the matter Will cuinnate
To- orrow In hts summary dismissal
New-York tribune., 1887-12-12
NEU-JERSEY IN FEAR OF FREE TRADE

YOUNG REPUDIcANs BUsY-srATEN ISLAND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN COURT
TRENTON Dec. 1.-THE agitation preliminary to tho
Presidential campaign is visible In political circles
throughout tho State. Tho astonishing message OF
President Cleveland has alarmed the manufacturing In
teress which control the State The interest In the
meeting of the Republican clubs in Ncw-York Is Pc
culiarly deep In NewJersey where tho clubs are nu-
merous and active and where a State organization has
been effected The New-Jersey headquarters will be
at the Sturtevant House. The young man In politics
has ample opportunity and due prominence In New
Jersey Tho last Republican Speaker Of the House,
the President Of the Senate last winter and the session
before were notable examples of successful young
politicians and the delegation to Chicago next year
will be characterized by predoninance Of the same
clement
There was no little astonlshment expressed To-Day
when IL was learned that the state had resumed the
contest against the Staten Island Bridge In It's own
courts The new suit against the contractor for tho
bridge to eject him from possession OF piece Oh
land under ater which one OF the piers rests AS
this land is beyond tho riparian hne the ii5ht oi ie
ST alto possession under any CIRCUMSTANCES "oui1
appcar to rest Oh the slendcrest basis.
The exclusion of a witness In the Essex comm
Pleas bee auso no knew nothing Of q future state
Gel from hearsay,r because he was an agnost ~
perirers arc not often particular about eA IONS
of roll gious belief. but with reference To com
I'm the consideration of this case, IL apIe1 - nave
been settled by the higher courts that ~ ohy can
not be excluded for any cause, though Itredbllity
of the witness Is, Of course open to- EA